Mexico Flags – Mexican Flag, Bunting, Hand & Table Flags

Mexico flags: the eagle, the serpent and the three colours

The Mexican flag is a vertical tricolour of green, white and red with the national coat of arms on the white band, in an unusually long 4:7 proportion. The arms show a golden eagle perched on a prickly-pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake, the sign the Mexica were told to look for when they founded Tenochtitlan on an island in Lake Texcoco in 1325. The colours arrived with the Army of the Three Guarantees in 1821, when green stood for independence, white for the Catholic faith and red for the union of Mexicans and Spaniards; since the secular reforms of the 1860s they are usually read as hope, unity and the blood of the nation’s heroes. The eagle design used today was fixed on 16 September 1968, in time for the Mexico City Olympics.

Our Mexico flag reproduces the full-colour arms with the eagle facing the hoist, printed through the cloth so the emblem reads from either side. Mexican flag meaning is the question we are asked most about this design, so the FAQ below covers the eagle, the cactus and why it is not the Italian flag.

When the Mexican flag is flown

Día de la Bandera on 24 February is the flag’s own holiday, and Independence Day on 16 September, with the Grito the night before, is the loudest. Cinco de Mayo on 5 May, which marks the 1862 victory at Puebla, has become the big trading day for Mexican restaurants and bars in Britain, and Día de Muertos on 1 and 2 November fills the window displays after Halloween. Mexico co-hosted the 2026 World Cup with the United States and Canada, and El Tri remain a crowd-puller for every friendly and Gold Cup tie shown in UK pubs.

Sizes and uses

5ft x 3ft covers most needs: it fits a 20ft telescopic pole, sits well above a taqueria doorway and is the size supporters drape over a balcony. 3ft x 2ft suits a bedroom wall, a market stall or a short handheld pole, while 8ft x 5ft is for fixed commercial poles and festival stages where the eagle needs to be seen from across a field. All three carry metal eyelets, with rope and toggle or clips on the heavier grades.

Grades of Mexico flag

Flagtex is the economy printed polyester, ideal for a party, a themed night or a one-off match, and it is the grade behind all three sizes. The DuraFlag Mexico flag is the permanent-pole grade: 150gsm knitted polyester, double-stitched edges, UV-stable inks and a courtesy size for boat and office poles.

Mexico bunting

Mexico bunting is printed on the same weatherproof polyester as the flags, with rectangular pennants in 3m and 9m lengths and triangle pennants in 5m and 20m runs. The 9m rectangular length does a restaurant frontage, the 20m triangle run does a whole street for a fiesta, and both can be joined end to end.

Hand flags and table flags

Mexico hand flags are sold on a 30cm stick for children and classrooms and a 60cm stick for the fan park. The Mexico table flag with base is the one for a restaurant counter, a Spanish-department desk or a conference place setting, and the Mexico team bundle gathers a supporter set in one click.

Neighbouring flags

Mexico sits in the world flags range alongside the United States, Canada, Guatemala, Cuba and the rest of Latin America, and a permanent-grade world country DuraFlag is available for any of them.

Mexico flag FAQs

Popular in this collection

• Mexico Flag (3x2 to 8x5ft, Flagtex & DuraFlag)from £6.99
• Mexico Buntingfrom £9.98
• Mexico Hand Flags30cm & 60cm
• Mexico Table Flagwith base
• World Cup 2026 Mexico Team Bundlesupporter pack
• Telescopic Flag Poles3m–12m